Smallpox and its eradication in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Lessons learned

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2011, Pages

  Muyembe Tamfum, Jean Jacques ^a   Mulembakani, Prime ^b   Lekie, René Botee ^c   Szczeniowski, Mark ^d   Ježek, Zdeněk ^d   Doshi, Reena ^e   Hoff, Nicole ^e   Rimoin, Anne W ^e,f  

^a National Institute of Biomedical Research   (Congo)

^b Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

^c Ministry of Health   (Congo)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Democratic Republic of Congo; Eradication; History; Monkeypox; Polio; Smallpox

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; SMALLPOX VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CONGO; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SMALLPOX; TUBERCULOSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DISEASE ERADICATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLIOMYELITIS; SMALLPOX;

EID: 84859493567     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.049     Document Type: Article

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